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    September 08, 2020

    Android Moronic Monday (Sep 07 2020) - Your weekly questions thread!

    Moronic Monday (Sep 07 2020) - Your weekly questions thread!

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 04:16 AM PDT

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    Samsung Foundry to Manufacture Qualcomm Chips for 5G Smartphones

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 10:54 PM PDT

    In response to Indian government's ban on PUBG mobile, PUBG Corporation has made the decision to no longer authorize the PUBG MOBILE franchise to Tencent Games in India

    Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:44 AM PDT

    Survey results: Samsung update policy would make you buy its phones

    Posted: 08 Sep 2020 12:56 AM PDT

    Google is giving out special Pixel 4a unboxing experiences to people in the UK

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 03:35 PM PDT

    LG Wing Footage

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:08 PM PDT

    Spotify is testing local Group Sessions, auto-refresh for playlists, saving podcast episodes, 30-minute offline listening for free users, and more

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 10:55 AM PDT

    Nothing justifies a phone change anymore

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 03:54 PM PDT

    Hi , I was thinking about one thing when looking on this sub and one thing struck me like a truck : nothing really justifies buying a new phone other than the desire for change or pleasuring yourself (well not like that weirdo , hear me out ). Before you changed phones because the new one was so powerful that it made your previous phone look like garbage. When the Galaxy s2 got out , it creamed everything existing so hard on power and video decoding that it was outrageous, the s3 ? Even perfected that , it even had LTE for the first time and TWO WHOLE GIGS OF RAM OH MY LORD. And that was it , in two years only your galaxy s1 was not even useful as a paperweight compared to what was available at that time.

    Now look at us , look at a phone that is two or even three years old , what did we gain ? Yeah slightly bigger screens , slightly smaller bezels , ever so slightly better cameras. Look at the pixel 4a , it uses the same sensor as the old Pixel 2 and yet , compare it to the top notch Note 20 ultra and tell me : are you able to objectively tell me "yeah this is so much worse" without pixel peeping ? Hell even when I'm actually zoomed all the way in I can't tell sometimes. And that is 3 year old hardware!

    Oh and well we had our fair bit of regressions also in the meantime: - losing the headphone jack - notches and holes in the screen (tbh I like these but I'd understand why people would not) - slower , less reliable under display fingerprint sensors - the near death of expandable storage - 1K+ Prices - curved displays without having the choice (granted these already existed in the s6 era but at least you had the choice) - locked to the bone bootloaders and nothing to do what you want with your own expensive mini computers (which now even cost more than one...)

    Yeah it's all pretty ... Plain , I don't even feel excited anymore on this subreddit I feel like everything is all just editorial and paid youtubers "CHECK OUT THIS NEW PHONE ZOMG " ( I hated every second here the flooding of everything by the unexceptional Oneplus Nord).

    However I talked at the beginning about the fact of making yourself a little pleasure , a little gift with a new phone and I respect that , we all need something new from time to time and who am I to tell you what to do with your hard earned money ? To hell with that , do whatever you want king ! I get that you find that you want to try that new high refresh rate display , that sweet oled or even the 50X zoom.

    For my part I settled on my Poco F1 and everything looks pretty fine , yes it has that ugly ass notch but I can hide it , the camera is good enough for me , the 4000mah makes it a runner , the snap845 remains still above (ever so slightly) of a good midranger like the 760G, the display is IPS but color accurate and bright , I can live with a 64g model as long as I can get my photos/music/films on an sd card. And that's what pains me the most : nothing makes me go wow , even after 2 years , nothing that would be an undiscutable replacement for that phone.

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    Xiaomi unveils the POCO X3 NFC with a 120Hz display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G, and 64MP quad camera

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 05:37 AM PDT

    Redmi Smart Band with 1.08″ color display and built-in charging port launched in India for ₹1,599 (~$22)

    Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:51 AM PDT

    Firefox 81 for Android gets an automatic tab closing option

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:24 PM PDT

    HTC brings back Cher Wang as CEO of the company

    Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:31 AM PDT

    Samsung Is Developing A Transparent Smartphone!

    Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:28 AM PDT

    Artist Review: Samsung Tab S7+

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT

    The first HarmonyOS-powered phone from Huawei to arrive in 2021

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 02:53 PM PDT

    Poco X3 Review [TechTablets]

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 05:39 AM PDT

    Leak: OnePlus 8T won’t be joined by OnePlus 8T Pro

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 08:06 AM PDT

    OnePlus 8 Pro long-term review

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 06:02 AM PDT

    Poco X3 NFC Review: Snapdragon 732G + Huge Battery = Win

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 06:24 AM PDT

    Disappointed in Androids parental controls.

    Posted: 07 Sep 2020 10:46 AM PDT

    Both my kids (5 and 7) have an android tablet. It has been a life saver for long trips etc and I'm overall pleased with how it entertains them.

    What doesn't please me however is androids parental controls. Perhaps I have missed a setting or something obvious but here are my observations which still infuriate me and seriously make me think of switching (although I have NO idea if Apple does things differently).

    My issues:

    You cannot stop children from accessing the settings on a tablet. My son adds pin codes and other settings to the device which is an admin nightmare. Why can't it just be disabled?

    I cannot turn off the store remotely. Yes I can disable the app, but again, nothing stopping them from going back in and enabling it. So it's pointless.

    Speaking of the store. As a member of the family (so I can monitor them) they have access to my family library. Whilst they can't install anything not for the age group, they just end up installing apps I have paid for. Live wallpapers and other productivity apps. Worst still (which is a wider topic) is the trash on the store. Never thought I would have to sit down with my 5 year old and try to explain the concept of fake/trash apps. To try to look at the reviews and downloads and make a judgement. They just see spider-man rope swing GTA and get excited. My youngest will spend hours talking to Google assistant. Not a major issue, but still, why can't I disable that?

    Perhaps we should have got a fire kids or whatever it is. But I feared with that they would be limited by the store. I just feel drained and let down by all this. I was naive to think I would have full control over the tablet. I only seem to be able to control the non standard applications.

    If I have missed something obvious here, a way to solve this, please let me know.

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    Note 20 Ultra vs 11 Pro Max after 2 weeks: Sorry Apple..

    Posted: 06 Sep 2020 06:52 PM PDT
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